Death of a Schoolgirl: the Jane Eyre Chronicles (2012)
“I demanded of Miss Miller. “Why will Adèle not rouse? Is she ill? What did the doctor say when he examined her? Is that why you wanted to keep me away? What aren’t you telling me?” The last dregs of my control ebbed away. I was tired, I was angry, and I was frightened. Very, very frightened.
Miss Miller’s bland face told me nothing.
“Answer me!”
“You must understand. She was hysterical. She sobbed. She pulled at her hair. She was making herself sick. The tisane had no effect. I put two drops of... laudanum in a chocolate and offered it to her.”
Chocolate? That would prove irresistible to my young friend. Sweets were among Adèle’s greatest passions.
“See? She sleeps quietly.” Miss Miller smiled. “She is at peace. The doctor suggested it, Jane. You were not here. Believe me, you cannot imagine how distressed she was. She worked herself into such a state that she started retching. We could not help her any other way.”
I knew Adèle to be emotional, dramatic to excess, but the description of her behavior seemed beyond anything I’d ever seen from the girl.MoreLess
Miss Miller’s bland face told me nothing.
“Answer me!”
“You must understand. She was hysterical. She sobbed. She pulled at her hair. She was making herself sick. The tisane had no effect. I put two drops of... laudanum in a chocolate and offered it to her.”
Chocolate? That would prove irresistible to my young friend. Sweets were among Adèle’s greatest passions.
“See? She sleeps quietly.” Miss Miller smiled. “She is at peace. The doctor suggested it, Jane. You were not here. Believe me, you cannot imagine how distressed she was. She worked herself into such a state that she started retching. We could not help her any other way.”
I knew Adèle to be emotional, dramatic to excess, but the description of her behavior seemed beyond anything I’d ever seen from the girl.MoreLess
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